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ShareOpenly is now on Tedium

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19 May 2024

I adore the way ShareOpenly has been added to Tedium:

You can see it for yourself on all its posts, including this great one about the decline of the ball mouse. Its founder, Ernie Smith, told me: “figured I had to have fun with it”.

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The way to save news is not to create monopolistic monocultures

"Why, a funder asked me recently, do two intermediaries this funder saw as offering duplicative services both still exist? Because you—and your funder colleagues—let them, I said." But consolidation is a dangerous road.

03 May 2026

Open source maintainers need to go in with open eyes

"To labour out of love, and to choose to share their work freely in a market society, OSS developers find themselves in a position where they are vulnerable to exploitation and harm."

02 May 2026

Claude Opus can now identify an author from their writing

"AI only needs 150 words to identify me. What does that mean for you?"

01 May 2026
Hey, it's a brain connected to some lightbulbs.

Notable links: May 1, 2026

AI and society; and sustaining innovation has failed us.

01 May 2026
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Ben Werdmuller explores the intersection of technology, democracy, and society. Always independently published, reader-supported, and free to read.